Does anybody listen to metal for the same reasons I do?

Hell yeah I love metal, theres bands I enjoy in just about every sub-genre of metal too. For getting pumped up or letting out some pent-up aggression some thrash, hardcore or grindcore is just perfect. If you're feeling dark and moody some doom sludge or black/death metal is great to revel in the darkness. I also dig a lot of prog-metal.

Bands I've been playin a lot recently:
Genghis Tron (Brutal shit fused with some electronica in a totally non-cheesey way.. they're fuckin sweet and more people should give em a listen)
Opeth (I think they have a new one coming soon too!)
Gojira
The Red Chord
Converge
Between The Buried And Me

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Hmmm.:)

wow

:wtf: ... having troubles?

Some bands pump me up, some calm me down. But I really just listen to metal cause I love it. Death/Sludge/Doom/Stoner are probably my favorite sub-genres. I'm not a huge fan of black metal or power metal though, and some "old school" metal (especially old thrash) can sometimes bug me.

Also, the energy playing a metal show is just amazing. I've played drums in jazz bands, rock bands, play orchestras, etc. but nothing comes close to the energy and feeling I get playing my metal gigs. I'm normally a fairly quiet guy, but put me on a stage behind some drums and heavy guitar distortion, and I'm gone.

I remember the days when I thought...."I so love "insert genre here" that I will listen to it, and love it and live it; FOREVER. God, what a brainwashed tool I was, I'm glad I awoke from THAT dreamworld. Oh, yeah , metal is fun to listen to, sometimes.

If you want psychedelic metal, check out Mastodon. Their lead guitarist Brent Hinds is a madman at the guitar, and he's a proclaimed avid fan of all things entheogenic/hallucinatory. Buy the Blood Mountain DVD, get high, and listen. You will begin to wonder whether or not you are tripping.

Metaphor, if you want psychedelic meal you might try some lightning bolt, however they're more noise-rock than metal and I think I've seen you mention you're a fan of them already before.

In that case try some of these:

Fantomas, It's a Mike Patton project, that should say enough also featuring members of The Melvins and Slayer.. they're pretty damn wierd, but awesome
Genghis Tron (I know I've been repping these guys like mad lately, but they're that fucking awesome, and the electronic breakdown thrown in are kinda trippy. Thier new album Board Up The House is mindblowing)
Boris, they're a japanese metal/punk group that gets into some pretty psychedelic stuff at times
Between the Buried and Me, thier newest album colors is kinda trippy the way it shifts sounds from heavy to soft to just all over is crazy, listen to it in one sitting if you can it's meant to be like one long song divided into movements
Blunderbuss, members of Battles and Don Caballero doing thier heaviest stuff yet (if this interests you lemme know I can get you a link to get this whole album free)

oh and... If you want some really avant-garde stuff... Try looking into some of John Zorn's more metal projects like Moonchild, Astronome, or Six Litanies for Hellogabalus ... Mike Patton does the well umm.. I guess they're vocals but he's not really singing more like metal/thrash scat singing, if you catch my drift. Some of it's pretty cool though once you get used to it.